Zu Ti and Liu Kun are the protagonists in Smelling Chicken Dancing. Smelling chickens and dancing is an idiom in China, which comes from Biography of Zu Ti in the Book of Jin. It means to get up and practice sword dance when you hear the cock crow. It is often used to describe ambitious people who work hard, get up in time and work hard. This is a commendatory term. Zu Ti and Liu Kun were good friends of the Jin Dynasty. They have a common ambition, hoping to contribute to the motherland and become the pillars of the country.

They have deep feelings, appreciate each other and often fall asleep together. One night in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the cock crow. He had a brainwave and made an agreement with Liu Kun to get up and practice sword when he heard the cock crow. So the two of them practiced swords and read widely. Over time, they finally got culture and technology, and realized the ideal of serving the country.

Liu Kun was a famous writer, politician and strategist in Jin Dynasty. He is good at literary knowledge and has great attainments in syllable rhythm. He wrote many beautiful poems, most of which were frontier fortress life style poems.

Zu Ti (266-32 1) has elegant characters. A native of Fanyang County, Hebei Province (now Laishui, Hebei Province), Han nationality (rumored to have been born in Yanshan). China was a general who was interested in restoring the Central Plains in the early Eastern Jin Dynasty and devoted himself to the Northern Expedition. Father Zuwu used to be the satrap of Shanggu (now Huailai County, Hebei Province).